The conference Facing the Future: Human Ecology and Higher Education highlighted the term “Bildung” instead of “education”, showing the advances human ecology curricula achieved at universities outside Europe.
{"title":"Facing the future: Human ecology and “Bildung”","authors":"Wolfgang H. Serbser, Dieter Steiner","doi":"10.14512/gaia.32.1.21","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14512/gaia.32.1.21","url":null,"abstract":"The conference Facing the Future: Human Ecology and Higher Education highlighted the term “Bildung” instead of “education”, showing the advances human ecology curricula achieved at universities outside Europe.","PeriodicalId":49073,"journal":{"name":"Gaia-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49228009","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Vanja Djinlev, Irina Dallo, S. Müller, M. Surchat, Juanita von Rothkirch, Ariane Wenger, L. Späth
Addressing socio-environmental challenges requires a multifaceted approach and a comprehensive understanding, which is precisely what transdisciplinary research can provide. The transdisciplinary approach, however, brings new challenges to early career researchers, who have to acquire the necessary methods and skills while conducting their ongoing research. Along with increasing access to resources and training, guidance from supervisors and informal exchange with other transdisciplinary early career researchers play key roles in effectively supporting them.
{"title":"Challenges and strategies in transdisciplinary research ‐ early career researchers’ perspectives","authors":"Vanja Djinlev, Irina Dallo, S. Müller, M. Surchat, Juanita von Rothkirch, Ariane Wenger, L. Späth","doi":"10.14512/gaia.32.1.16","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14512/gaia.32.1.16","url":null,"abstract":"Addressing socio-environmental challenges requires a multifaceted approach and a comprehensive understanding, which is precisely what transdisciplinary research can provide. The transdisciplinary approach, however, brings new challenges to early career researchers, who have to acquire\u0000 the necessary methods and skills while conducting their ongoing research. Along with increasing access to resources and training, guidance from supervisors and informal exchange with other transdisciplinary early career researchers play key roles in effectively supporting them.","PeriodicalId":49073,"journal":{"name":"Gaia-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45943810","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. R. Abad, Sabin Bieri, R. Eschen, Sandra Fuerst, J. Jacobi, Elizabeth Jiménez, Aymara Llanque Zonta, M. Naughton, Urs Schaffner, Mirko S. Winkler, M. Flury
Are there aspects of complexity that are characteristic for research for development projects? Our study shows what are these aspects, how they affect research and what practices seem to be promising for dealing with the increasing levels of complexity.The need to deal with complexity is getting increasingly attention in research for development projects implemented through transboundary research partnerships between organisations from the Global North and the Global South. However, less is known about aspects beyond the systems under study that still affect complexity in the research project. We conducted an experience capitalization of five transboundary research partnerships undertaking research in 14 countries in the Global South. We found that the combination of multiple contexts, the cultural and disciplinary diversity of the transboundary research partnerships, and the set of rules and proceedings from the funding mechanism affect the levels of complexity. We further identified that a transdisciplinary approach and several related practices, like intercultural communication or integrative partnerships, are promising ways of dealing with complexity. Current structures in research for development need to improve in order to fully use the potential of transdisciplinarity for sustainability transformation.
{"title":"Promising practices for dealing with complexity in research for development","authors":"C. R. Abad, Sabin Bieri, R. Eschen, Sandra Fuerst, J. Jacobi, Elizabeth Jiménez, Aymara Llanque Zonta, M. Naughton, Urs Schaffner, Mirko S. Winkler, M. Flury","doi":"10.14512/gaia.32.1.8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14512/gaia.32.1.8","url":null,"abstract":"Are there aspects of complexity that are characteristic for research for development projects? Our study shows what are these aspects, how they affect research and what practices seem to be promising for dealing with the increasing levels of complexity.The need to deal with complexity\u0000 is getting increasingly attention in research for development projects implemented through transboundary research partnerships between organisations from the Global North and the Global South. However, less is known about aspects beyond the systems under study that still affect complexity\u0000 in the research project. We conducted an experience capitalization of five transboundary research partnerships undertaking research in 14 countries in the Global South. We found that the combination of multiple contexts, the cultural and disciplinary diversity of the transboundary research\u0000 partnerships, and the set of rules and proceedings from the funding mechanism affect the levels of complexity. We further identified that a transdisciplinary approach and several related practices, like intercultural communication or integrative partnerships, are promising ways of dealing\u0000 with complexity. Current structures in research for development need to improve in order to fully use the potential of transdisciplinarity for sustainability transformation.","PeriodicalId":49073,"journal":{"name":"Gaia-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49216525","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fabian Präger, A. Brunnengräber, Christian von Hirschhausen
Die Atomenergie bleibt gesellschaftlich umkämpft. Zum einen wird sie wieder als Zukunftstechnologie gehandelt, mit der vermeintlich klimafreundlich und ressourcenschonend Strom erzeugt werden kann. Zum anderen ist die Endlagerung von Atomabfällen noch nicht geregelt. Das Konzept der ,,atompolitischen Wende“ bringt ‐ analog zur Energiewende ‐ dieses Ringen auf den Punkt. Die Beendigung der kommerziellen Nutzung der Atomenergie und eine gute Entsorgungspolitik sind Gelingensbedingungen für die Energiewende und die sozial-ökologische Transformation in Deutschland.Nuclear energy remains controversial in society. On the one hand, it is once again being traded as a technology of the future for supposedly climate-friendly and resource conserving power generation. On the other hand, the final storage of nuclear waste has not yet been clarified. The concept of the “nuclear turnaround” ‐ analogous to the Energiewende (“energy turnaround”) ‐ sums up this struggle. The phase out of the commercial use of nuclear energy and a good waste management policy are necessary conditions for the Energiewende and the socio-ecological transformation in Germany.
{"title":"Atomwende? Ja, bitte! Warum die Abkehr von der Atomenergie und eine gute Entsorgungspolitik die Energiewende in Deutschland befördern werden","authors":"Fabian Präger, A. Brunnengräber, Christian von Hirschhausen","doi":"10.14512/gaia.32.1.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14512/gaia.32.1.3","url":null,"abstract":"Die Atomenergie bleibt gesellschaftlich umkämpft. Zum einen wird sie wieder als Zukunftstechnologie gehandelt, mit der vermeintlich klimafreundlich und ressourcenschonend Strom erzeugt werden kann. Zum anderen ist die Endlagerung von Atomabfällen noch nicht geregelt. Das Konzept\u0000 der ,,atompolitischen Wende“ bringt ‐ analog zur Energiewende ‐ dieses Ringen auf den Punkt. Die Beendigung der kommerziellen Nutzung der Atomenergie und eine gute Entsorgungspolitik sind Gelingensbedingungen für die Energiewende und die sozial-ökologische Transformation\u0000 in Deutschland.Nuclear energy remains controversial in society. On the one hand, it is once again being traded as a technology of the future for supposedly climate-friendly and resource conserving power generation. On the other hand, the final storage of nuclear waste has not yet been\u0000 clarified. The concept of the “nuclear turnaround” ‐ analogous to the Energiewende (“energy turnaround”) ‐ sums up this struggle. The phase out of the commercial use of nuclear energy and a good waste management policy are necessary conditions for\u0000 the Energiewende and the socio-ecological transformation in Germany.","PeriodicalId":49073,"journal":{"name":"Gaia-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42112771","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aotearoa-New Zealand (A-NZ) faces growing complex environmental challenges and a persistent knowledge-action gap that leaves many social and environmental problems unresolved. The Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment, a major science funder, has called for transdisciplinary modes of research to address increasingly complex problems in an integrated and collaborative fashion. We explore what is needed for transdisciplinary research (TDR) to achieve societal collaboration and impact in A-NZ. We introduce mātauranga Māori, A-NZ’s Indigenous and foundational knowledge system, and discuss how mātauranga Māori and Western science currently interact. We examine some social and environmental consequences when mātauranga Māori is marginalised and conclude by discussing how TDR must evolve in order to help tackle complex social and environmental problems in such contexts.
Aotearoa New Zealand（A-NZ）面临着日益复杂的环境挑战和持续的知识与行动差距，这使得许多社会和环境问题仍未解决。商业、创新和就业部是一个主要的科学资助机构，它呼吁采用跨学科的研究模式，以综合和协作的方式解决日益复杂的问题。我们探索跨学科研究（TDR）需要什么来实现A-NZ的社会合作和影响。我们介绍了A-NZ的土著和基础知识体系mātauranga māori，并讨论了mātauranga máori和西方科学目前是如何互动的。我们研究了当毛利人被边缘化时的一些社会和环境后果，并通过讨论TDR必须如何发展来帮助解决这种情况下复杂的社会和环境问题。
{"title":"Achieving societal collaboration and impact in Aotearoa-New Zealand through transdisciplinarity","authors":"Melissa Robson-Williams, N. Harcourt, O. Mercier","doi":"10.14512/gaia.32.1.9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14512/gaia.32.1.9","url":null,"abstract":"Aotearoa-New Zealand (A-NZ) faces growing complex environmental challenges and a persistent knowledge-action gap that leaves many social and environmental problems unresolved. The Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment, a major science funder, has called for transdisciplinary\u0000 modes of research to address increasingly complex problems in an integrated and collaborative fashion. We explore what is needed for transdisciplinary research (TDR) to achieve societal collaboration and impact in A-NZ. We introduce mātauranga Māori, A-NZ’s Indigenous\u0000 and foundational knowledge system, and discuss how mātauranga Māori and Western science currently interact. We examine some social and environmental consequences when mātauranga Māori is marginalised and conclude by discussing how TDR must evolve in order\u0000 to help tackle complex social and environmental problems in such contexts.","PeriodicalId":49073,"journal":{"name":"Gaia-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42124590","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Claudia Zingerli, M. Stauffacher, Andreas Kläy, Ruth Förster
Seit Jahrzehnten agiert die saguf als Pionierin für die Entwicklung und Förderung der Transdisziplinarität zwischen wissenschaftlicher und gesellschaftlicher Praxis. Wir lassen wichtige Meilensteine Revue passieren.
几十年来，saguf一直在推动科学与社会的实践实现和促进交叉监管。我们在等几里程碑
{"title":"Transdisziplinarität: Seit mehr als 25 Jahren fest in der saguf verankert","authors":"Claudia Zingerli, M. Stauffacher, Andreas Kläy, Ruth Förster","doi":"10.14512/gaia.32.1.20","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14512/gaia.32.1.20","url":null,"abstract":"Seit Jahrzehnten agiert die saguf als Pionierin für die Entwicklung und Förderung der Transdisziplinarität zwischen wissenschaftlicher und gesellschaftlicher Praxis. Wir lassen wichtige Meilensteine Revue passieren.","PeriodicalId":49073,"journal":{"name":"Gaia-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41661557","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zahlreiche Beteiligte haben die Geschichte der Solarforschung in Deutschland geprägt. Dies ging nicht immer koordiniert vonstatten, letztlich haben aber der Einsatz und die Kontinuität zahlreicher Wissenschaftler(innen) zum Durchbruch, zur Wirtschaftlichkeit der erneuerbaren Energien im Stromsektor geführt. Ein Buch zeigt anhand von Interviews auf, dass Technikgeschichte von vielen geschrieben wird ‐ und durch und durch menschlich ist.
{"title":"Wie unterschiedlich in Deutschland Solargeschichte erzählt wird","authors":"J. Radkau","doi":"10.14512/gaia.32.1.19","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14512/gaia.32.1.19","url":null,"abstract":"Zahlreiche Beteiligte haben die Geschichte der Solarforschung in Deutschland geprägt. Dies ging nicht immer koordiniert vonstatten, letztlich haben aber der Einsatz und die Kontinuität zahlreicher Wissenschaftler(innen) zum Durchbruch, zur Wirtschaftlichkeit der erneuerbaren\u0000 Energien im Stromsektor geführt. Ein Buch zeigt anhand von Interviews auf, dass Technikgeschichte von vielen geschrieben wird ‐ und durch und durch menschlich ist.","PeriodicalId":49073,"journal":{"name":"Gaia-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41844903","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
In defining values and skills for grappling with complex societal challenges, this article builds on Daniel Stokols’ generic model of the 4 Ts of training for transdisciplinary, team-oriented, translational, and transcultural research. Whether explicit or implicit, the 4 Ts thread throughout this exploration of learning and teaching in transdisciplinary contexts. Stokols’ focus was educating social ecologists, but his call to close the gap between rhetoric of endorsement and limited responsiveness of academic institutions is widespread. Learning for sustainability is a case in point. Although increasingly prioritized as an imperative, it is often confined to special programs rather than assimilated across the academy and its relations with other sectors of society. This contribution builds further on remarks in a panel at the 2021 International Transdisciplinarity Conference: by synthesizing insights into inter- and trans-disciplinarity and subthemes of teaching and learning while embellishing Stokols’ other three Ts of team-based approaches, translation of knowledge across sectors, and a shift from uni- to transcultural outlooks. In the course of discussion the contribution also clarifies differences between inter- and trans-disciplinarity, though treats them as emphases, not sharp boundaries.
{"title":"Advancing transdisciplinarity: Learning, teaching, and institutionalizing","authors":"J. Klein","doi":"10.14512/gaia.32.1.14","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14512/gaia.32.1.14","url":null,"abstract":"In defining values and skills for grappling with complex societal challenges, this article builds on Daniel Stokols’ generic model of the 4 Ts of training for transdisciplinary, team-oriented, translational, and transcultural research. Whether explicit or implicit, the 4 Ts thread\u0000 throughout this exploration of learning and teaching in transdisciplinary contexts. Stokols’ focus was educating social ecologists, but his call to close the gap between rhetoric of endorsement and limited responsiveness of academic institutions is widespread. Learning for sustainability\u0000 is a case in point. Although increasingly prioritized as an imperative, it is often confined to special programs rather than assimilated across the academy and its relations with other sectors of society. This contribution builds further on remarks in a panel at the 2021 International Transdisciplinarity\u0000 Conference: by synthesizing insights into inter- and trans-disciplinarity and subthemes of teaching and learning while embellishing Stokols’ other three Ts of team-based approaches, translation of knowledge across sectors, and a shift from uni- to transcultural outlooks. In the course\u0000 of discussion the contribution also clarifies differences between inter- and trans-disciplinarity, though treats them as emphases, not sharp boundaries.","PeriodicalId":49073,"journal":{"name":"Gaia-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49222812","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
U. Kuchner, M. Nasser, Pieter Steyaert, Diego S. Maranan, Zeynep Birsel, Agatha Haines, Ann Peeters, A. Vermeulen
Biomodd is an artistic project with the potential for supporting transdisciplinary practices in blended virtual and in-person environments. After describing the project components, we discuss the collaborative process of idea generation and participant engagement.In this paper, we argue for the integration of collaborative art practice in transdisciplinary (TD) research to generate ideas and engage researchers and non-academic stakeholders. We draw on the virtual and in-person (hybrid) participation of members of the TD collective Space Ecologies Art and Design (SEADS) during Biomodd, an art installation that addresses global challenges in ecology, humanity, technology, and technological waste. Using survey responses, diaries, and meeting minutes, we reflect on the process, methods and ideation during Biomodd and map them to the concept of the “idea journey” discussed by Jill E. Perry-Smith and Pier Vittorio Mannucci. We find that while in-person ideation was driven by utility, materiality, and emergence, the hybrid mode provided favorable conditions for a feedback loop of expansive, individual experimentation and online sharing.
{"title":"Biomodd: The integration of art into transdisciplinary research practices","authors":"U. Kuchner, M. Nasser, Pieter Steyaert, Diego S. Maranan, Zeynep Birsel, Agatha Haines, Ann Peeters, A. Vermeulen","doi":"10.14512/gaia.32.1.12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14512/gaia.32.1.12","url":null,"abstract":"Biomodd is an artistic project with the potential for supporting transdisciplinary practices in blended virtual and in-person environments. After describing the project components, we discuss the collaborative process of idea generation and participant engagement.In this\u0000 paper, we argue for the integration of collaborative art practice in transdisciplinary (TD) research to generate ideas and engage researchers and non-academic stakeholders. We draw on the virtual and in-person (hybrid) participation of members of the TD collective Space Ecologies Art and\u0000 Design (SEADS) during Biomodd, an art installation that addresses global challenges in ecology, humanity, technology, and technological waste. Using survey responses, diaries, and meeting minutes, we reflect on the process, methods and ideation during Biomodd and map them\u0000 to the concept of the “idea journey” discussed by Jill E. Perry-Smith and Pier Vittorio Mannucci. We find that while in-person ideation was driven by utility, materiality, and emergence, the hybrid mode provided favorable conditions for a feedback loop of expansive, individual\u0000 experimentation and online sharing.","PeriodicalId":49073,"journal":{"name":"Gaia-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49661847","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
When addressing land use related sustainability issues, looking to the past can contribute an important layer of information. For this, oral history interviews are a useful approach, especially when written sources are not available or do not adequately reflect the views of certain relevant social groups, such as the practitioners directly involved in a certain land use. This toolkit provides an overview of how to use and implement oral history interviews.
{"title":"Oral history interviews (OHIs): Participatory research methods for sustainability ‐ toolkit #5","authors":"Franziska Mohr, Susan Lock, M. Stuber, M. Bürgi","doi":"10.14512/gaia.32.1.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14512/gaia.32.1.4","url":null,"abstract":"When addressing land use related sustainability issues, looking to the past can contribute an important layer of information. For this, oral history interviews are a useful approach, especially when written sources are not available or do not adequately reflect the views of certain\u0000 relevant social groups, such as the practitioners directly involved in a certain land use. This toolkit provides an overview of how to use and implement oral history interviews.","PeriodicalId":49073,"journal":{"name":"Gaia-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41780053","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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